Crewe Alexandra 0-2 Rotherham United: result and report
League One · Saturday 29 January 2022
Result
Crewe Alexandra 0-2 Rotherham United
League One · Saturday 29 January 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Crewe Alexandra 0-2 Rotherham United: match report
Crewe Alexandra lost to Rotherham United 0-2 in the League One on Saturday 29 January 2022. The half-time score was 0-1.
Michael Smith opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Crewe Alexandra did not score. Rotherham United scored through Michael Smith (7') and an own goal by Dave Richards (74').
Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 22nd on 22 points from 27 and Rotherham United 3rd on 53 points from 26. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 24th with 29 points, and Rotherham United 4th with 90.
Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 5-3-2 and Rotherham United in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Smith of Rotherham United (8.5), ahead of Shane Ferguson (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Crewe Alexandra win, 4 draws and 5 for Rotherham United.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Michael Smith
- 25'Yellow card · Michael Ihiekwe
- 33'Yellow card · T. Johnson
- 45+2'Yellow card · Richard Wood
- 68'Yellow card · S. Robertson
- 73'Second yellow · S. Robertson
- 74'Own goal · Dave Richards
- 78'Yellow card · Billy Sass-Davies
Head-to-head
Team news
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Crewe Alexandra line-up (5-3-2)
Dave Richards, Mikael Mandron, Connor O'Riordan, Billy Sass-Davies, Luke Offord, Travis Johnson, Tom Lowery, Luke Murphy, Oliver Finney, Christopher Long, Chris Porter
Rotherham United line-up (3-1-4-2)
Josh Vickers, Rarmani Edmonds-Green, Richard Wood, Michael Ihiekwe, Dan Barlaser, Chiedozie Ogbene, Oliver Rathbone, Ben Wiles, Shane Ferguson, Michael Smith, Will Grigg